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Bachelor of Arts (International Honours) International Relations


BA (International Honours) International Relations: First Year
Code Module name Credits
IR1005 Concepts in Global Politics 20 AND
IR1006 Foreign Policy and Diplomacy in Global Politics 20 AND
(( EC1001 Macroeconomics 20 AND
EC1002 Microeconomics 20 ) OR
EC1004 Economics 20 ) AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year


BA (International Honours) International Relations: Second Year
Code Module name Credits
IR2005 Theoretical Approaches to International Relations 20 AND
IR2006 Studying International Relations 20 AND
80 credits from Level 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits


Entry to Honours

Students who meet the requirements specified above, and who meet all other programme requirements, will be given automatic entry into Honours programmes.

See: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/media/teaching-and-learning/policies/honsentry.pdf )


BA (International Honours) International Relations: Third Year
Code Module name Credits
View list 90 credits from William & Mary International Relations Level 3 Options List A AND
IR1005 Concepts in Global Politics 20
IR1006 Foreign Policy and Diplomacy in Global Politics 20
IR2005 Theoretical Approaches to International Relations 20
IR2006 Studying International Relations 20
IR3004 International Political Economy 30
IR3006 International Regimes and Organisations 30
IR3007 Democracy and Democratisation 30
IR3008 International Terrorism 30
IR3011 Ethics and World Politics 30
IR3013 Modern Ideologies 30
IR3021 Case Studies in Conflict Analysis 30
IR3022 International Relations and International Law 30
IR3023 US Foreign Policy: The Dilemmas of Power 30
IR3024 The Politics of Africa 30
IR3025 International Security 30
IR3026 Diplomacy and Conflict Intervention 30
IR3027 American New World Orders of the Twentieth Century 30
IR3028 Politics of China 30
IR3029 The Logic of Irregular Warfare 30
IR3030 Human Rights in Theory and Practice 30
IR3031 Globalisation and the War on Terrorism 30
IR3032 Globalisation and its Disjunctures 30
IR3033 Post-Conflict Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa 30
IR3034 The Political Theory of War and Peace 30
IR3035 Peace Processes and Violence 30
IR3036 Public International Law and International Legal Theory 30
IR3037 Central Asian Studies 30
IR3038 Conflict Management, Settlement and Resolution 30
IR3039 International Relations of the European Union 30
IR3041 International Political Theory 30
IR3042 Representations of Violent Conflict: Research Seminar 30
IR3043 Approaches to Counter-Terrorism 30
IR3044 Pathways of European State Formation 30
IR3045 Violence in Deeply-Divided Societies 30
IR3046 Foreign Policy of Modern China 30
IR3047 Arrested Development? The Politics of Postcolonialism 30
IR3048 Peacekeeping and Humanitarian Intervention 30
IR3049 International History and International Relations 30
IR3050 State, Power, Crime 30
IR3051 International Relations Theory: From Fear to Queer 30
IR3052 The Politics of Violence and Resistance in Latin America 30
IR3053 Peacebuilding and Post-Conflict Transition in Latin America 30
IR3054 Mapping the Boundaries of Emerging and Evolving Securities 30
IR3055 International Relations and the Internet 30
IR3056 Political Leadership: Theories and History 30
IR3057 Armaments and International Relations 30
IR3058 Armed Forces, Societies and Governments: An International Perspective on Civil-Military Relations 30
IR3059 Anglo-American Relations Since 1939: The Special Relationship? 30
IR3060 Rebellion and Revolution 30
IR3061 International Political Theology: Christian Realism and Beyond 30
IR3062 The United Nations since 1945 30
IR3063 Organised Crime and Corruption 30
IR3064 Critical Terrorism Studies 30
IR3065 Refugees and International Relations 30
IR3066 Emotional Encounters: Diplomacy, Power and Persuasion in World Politics 30
IR3067 The International Criminal Court in World Politics 30
IR3068 Christianity and World Politics 30
IR3070 Armed Conflict in Postcolonial Africa 30
IR3071 Realism in International Relations 30
IR3072 New and emerging security threats in the Caucasus and Central Asia 30
IR3073 Dilemmas of International Order: Governing Conflict and Human Rights 30
IR3074 International Relations of Energy and the Environment 30
IR3075 Leader Personality and Foreign Policy 30
IR3076 Political Economy of Trade and Investment 30
IR3077 The Motives and Enablers of Terrorist Violence 30
IR3078 Hot Economics, Cold Politics? International Relations of Northeast Asia 30
IR3101 Russian Politics and Foreign Policy after Communism 30
IR3104 The International Relations of Post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe 30
IR3111 Asian Security 30
IR3113 Gender and Generation 30
IR3300 Conflict in the Middle East 30
IR3301 Politics and State Formation in the Middle East 30
IR3302 Democracy and Revolution in North Africa 30
IR3303 The Arab - Israeli Conflict 30
IR3791
IR4099 Honours Dissertation in International Relations 60
IR4401 Communication in International Relations 15
IR4501 International Politics of Nuclear Weapons 30
IR4502 Conflict Management, Settlement and Resolution 30
IR4504 The Language of Politics 30
IR4506 Political Economy of the Modern Middle East 30
IR4508 Religion and World Politics 30
IR4509 World Order in the History of Political Thought 30
IR4512 Britain and the World 30
IR4514 Global Public Policy 30
IR4516 The International Relations of Sub-Saharan Africa 30
IR4518 Ethics and the Use of Force 30
IR4519 Politics and Development in Southeast Asia 30
IR4521 Representations of International Relations 30
IR4522 Critical Approaches to International Security 30
IR4523 The Aftermath of the Wars: Liberal Dilemmas 30
IR4525 Ethno-National Conflict in the Post-Communist Space 30
IR4526 Terrorism, Radicalism and Extremism 30
IR4527 International Relations of the European Union 30
IR4528 Foreign Policy of Modern China 30
IR4529 Force in the Modern World 30
IR4530 Genocide 30
IR4531 The Return of Great Power Politics 30
IR4532 The Cultural Politics of Human Rights 30
IR4534 Terrorist Finance 30
IR4535 Theories of Friendship, Solidarity and Peace 30
IR4536 Warmongers and Peacemakers: Religious Actors and Conflict 30
IR4538 Identities, Belonging and Others 30
IR4539 International Law and International Legal Theory 30
IR4540 The Changing Character of War 30
IR4541 Dealing in Darkness: An Anatomy of Realism in International Relations 30
IR4542 Gender and Terrorism 30
IR4543 Activism and Resistance 30
IR4544 Wars and Peace in the Caucasus 30
IR4545 Indian Foreign Policy 30
IR4546 The Psychology of International Security 30
IR4547 Shadows in the Global Political Economy 30
IR4548 Force and Statecraft 30
IR4549 Theory, Critique and Ideology in International Relations 30
IR4550 Art and War 30
IR4551 Cosmopolitanism and Global Politics 30
IR4552 The Politics of the Environment 30
IR4553 Europe, America and the Transatlantic 30
IR4554 Global Aesthetics and Politics 30
IR4555 Music, Politics and International Relations 30
IR4556 Politics and Time: Memory, Narrative and Mourning in Group Identity and Conflict 30
IR4558 Non-Western International Relations 30
IR4560 Faith, Politics, and War: The Augustinian Tradition in IR 30
IR4561 Security as Ethics: Rethinking the Global Polity 30
IR4562 The Political Lives of Objects 30
IR4563 Rebels, Terrorists, Militias: The Comparative Analysis of Armed Groups 30
IR4564 Strategic Studies 30
IR4565 Contemporary Political Theory: from revolution to recognition 30
IR4566 Comparative regionalism 30
IR4567 The International Criminal Court in World Politics 30
IR4568 International Relations of Energy and the Environment 30
IR4569 Geopolitics of Energy in the Caspian Region 30
IR4570 Everyday Life and Global Politics 30
IR4571 Conflict and intervention in world politics 30
IR4572 Economy of Anger: Marxism, Psychoanalysis and the Politics of Status 30
IR4573 Global Economic Governance: Visions and Realities 30
IR4574 Understanding Terrorism 30
IR4575 Queer IR, Queering Global Politics 30
IR4576 The Psychology of Motives in Foreign Policy Analysis 30
IR4600 Ideologies and Social Movements in the Middle East 30
IR4601 Political Order and Violence in the Middle East 30
IR4602 International Relations of the Middle East 30
IR4603 Central Asia in International Politics 30
IR4604 Political Islam and International Relations 30
IR4605 The Arab - Israeli Conflict 30
IR4606 Propaganda, Persuasion and Information War in the Middle East 30
IR4607 Britain and Iraq 1914-2004 30
IR4794 Joint Dissertation (30cr) 30
IR4795 Joint Dissertation (60cr) 60
IR5001 International Security 30
IR5003 Regional Security 30
IR5007 Terrorism and Liberal Democracy 30
IR5012 Revolution and Change: Post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe 30
IR5017 The United Nations and Global Governance 30
IR5024 Asian Security and the United States 30
IR5026 Ethics and the Use of Force 30
IR5027 Armed Conflict and Human Rights 30
IR5029 Conflict and Peace in Post-Communist Eurasia 30
IR5030 Religion and International Politics 30
IR5032 Strategic Studies 30
IR5033 Identity and Collective Violence 30
IR5034 Political Communities, Political Violence 30
IR5035 The 'Traditional' Security Agenda in the Twenty-first Century 30
IR5036 Critical Security Studies 30
IR5038 International Politics of Nuclear Weapons 30
IR5039 Political Economy of Conflict 30
IR5040 Emergent Great Powers 30
IR5041 Social Identity and the Making of Community: Anxiety, Threat and Security 30
IR5042 Gender and Terrorism 30
IR5043 Carl von Clausewitz: Life, Work and Reception 30
IR5044 The Changing Face(s) of Diplomacy: Emotions, Power and Persuasion in International Relations 30
IR5050 Strategic Studies 30
IR5051 Human Rights, Politics and Power 30
IR5052 Art and Violence 30
IR5053 The First World War and its impact on the Global System 30
IR5054 Transatlantic Security Relations 30
IR5055 Agency and Strategy in Non-Western Political Thought 30
IR5056 Empires and Imperialism 30
IR5057 The Evolution of United Nations Peacekeeping 30
IR5058 New and emerging security threats in the Caucasus and Central Asia 30
IR5059 Political Order and Violence in the Middle East 30
IR5060 Conflict and Intervention in the Twenty-First Century 30
IR5061 Security and Justice Institutions in World Politics 30
IR5062 Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Reconstruction in Latin America 30
IR5063 Spaces of Securitization 30
IR5064 The Military in Politics 30
IR5065 The Geopolitics of Energy in the Caspian Region 30
IR5066 The Global Politics of Everyday Life 30
IR5067 The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 30
IR5099 Dissertation for MLitt Programme/s 60
IR5151 Issues in Peace and Conflict 30
IR5212 Revolution and Change: Post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe (CEES) 40
IR5217 International Relations of the Middle East 40
IR5219 Politics and State Formation in the Modern Middle East 40
IR5227 Conflicts, Security and Democracy in the Greater Caucasus (40) 40
IR5229 Conflict and Peace in Post-Communist Eurasia 40
IR5303 Revolution and Change: The International Relations of Post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe (Def) 40
IR5304 Managing and Resolving Conflict in the International System 40
IR5401 Texts in International Political Theory 30
IR5402 Analysis and Interpretation in International Political Theory 30
IR5403 Political Philosophy and World Order 30
IR5404 Post-Positivism and International Theory 30
IR5406 Theories of Friendship and Enmity 30
IR5407 Rethinking Human Rights 30
IR5408 Global Constitutionalism 30
IR5409 Empire and Civilisation in International Political Theory 30
IR5411 African Political Thought 30
IR5412 'Reason of State': Origin, Nature and Career of a Concept 30
IR5413 Topics in International Political Thought 30
IR5414 Politics After The Death of God: Evil and Tragedy in Modern Politics 30
IR5415 Social Movements and Ideologies 30
IR5501 Core in Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asian Security Studies 30
IR5502 Global and Transnational Islamism 30
IR5510 Central Asia in World Order 30
IR5518 Conflict in the Middle East 30
IR5519 Politics and State Formation in the Middle East 30
IR5520 International Relations of the Modern Middle East 30
IR5522 Special Topics in Modern Middle East Politics 30
IR5524 Special Topics in the Politics of Modern China 30
IR5525 The Arab-Israeli Conflict Past and Present 30
IR5526 Law and Society in the Modern Middle East: Local, Regional and International Dimensions 30
IR5527 Conflicts, Security and Democracy in the Greater Caucasus (30) 30
IR5528 Social Movements, Revolutions and Authoritarianism in North Africa 30
IR5529 International Society and Central Asia 30
IR5530 Introductory Uzbek 15
IR5531 Intermediate Uzbek 15
IR5533 The Political Lives of Objects in Eurasia 30
IR5601 Research Methods in International Relations 30
IR5602 International Relations: Philosophical and Historical Debates 15
IR5603 Texts in International Political Theory 15
IR5605 Core in International Security Studies 15
IR5699 Dissertation for M.Res. Programme/s 60
IR5701 Peace and Conflict Theory 30
IR5702 Case Studies in Conflict and Field Work Component 30
IR5721 Reconstruction and Reconciliation in the Aftermath of Wars 30
IR5722 Conflict, Gender and Generation 30
IR5723 Security and Conflict in Africa 30
IR5724 The United Nations in Africa 30
IR5725 Globalisation and the South 30
IR5727 Civil War, Genocide and Transformation in Rwanda 30
IR5728 Foreign Policy Analysis 30
IR5729 Genocide Studies 30
IR5730 Security and Development in East Asia 30
IR5800 Modern War and Strategy 30
IR5801 Strategic Thought 30
IR5821 The influence of seapower on history 1805-present 30
IR5822 The American Way of War 30
IR5901 Fundamental Issues and Structures of Terrorism 30
IR5902 Research Methods 30
IR5903 Terrorism: How to Respond 30
IR5904 Terrorism and Theories of Collective Action 30
IR5920 Electives 30
IR5921 Fundamentals of Terrorist Violence 30
IR5922 Terrorism after 1945 30
IR5923 State Responses to Terrorism 30
IR5924 Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict 30
IR5951 Fundamental Issues and Structures of Terrorism (Distance learning) 30
IR5952 Research Methods (Distance learning) 30
IR5954 Distance Learning Electives 30
IR5955 State Responses to Terrorism (Distance learning) 30
IR5998 Dissertation for Terrorism and Political Violence Studies MLitt Distance learning Programme 60
IR5999 Dissertation for Terrorism and Political Violence MLitt Programme 60
IRC505 Politics 40
IRSAU1 International Relations Study Abroad University Placement Semester 1 0
IRSAU2 International Relations Study Abroad University Placement Semester 2 0
IRSAUY International Relations Study Abroad University Placement Whole Year 0
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
View list 30 credits from Module List: IR4100 - IR4999 (excluding IR4794 - IR4795)
IR4401 Communication in International Relations 15
IR4501 International Politics of Nuclear Weapons 30
IR4502 Conflict Management, Settlement and Resolution 30
IR4504 The Language of Politics 30
IR4506 Political Economy of the Modern Middle East 30
IR4508 Religion and World Politics 30
IR4509 World Order in the History of Political Thought 30
IR4512 Britain and the World 30
IR4514 Global Public Policy 30
IR4516 The International Relations of Sub-Saharan Africa 30
IR4518 Ethics and the Use of Force 30
IR4519 Politics and Development in Southeast Asia 30
IR4521 Representations of International Relations 30
IR4522 Critical Approaches to International Security 30
IR4523 The Aftermath of the Wars: Liberal Dilemmas 30
IR4525 Ethno-National Conflict in the Post-Communist Space 30
IR4526 Terrorism, Radicalism and Extremism 30
IR4527 International Relations of the European Union 30
IR4528 Foreign Policy of Modern China 30
IR4529 Force in the Modern World 30
IR4530 Genocide 30
IR4531 The Return of Great Power Politics 30
IR4532 The Cultural Politics of Human Rights 30
IR4534 Terrorist Finance 30
IR4535 Theories of Friendship, Solidarity and Peace 30
IR4536 Warmongers and Peacemakers: Religious Actors and Conflict 30
IR4538 Identities, Belonging and Others 30
IR4539 International Law and International Legal Theory 30
IR4540 The Changing Character of War 30
IR4541 Dealing in Darkness: An Anatomy of Realism in International Relations 30
IR4542 Gender and Terrorism 30
IR4543 Activism and Resistance 30
IR4544 Wars and Peace in the Caucasus 30
IR4545 Indian Foreign Policy 30
IR4546 The Psychology of International Security 30
IR4547 Shadows in the Global Political Economy 30
IR4548 Force and Statecraft 30
IR4549 Theory, Critique and Ideology in International Relations 30
IR4550 Art and War 30
IR4551 Cosmopolitanism and Global Politics 30
IR4552 The Politics of the Environment 30
IR4553 Europe, America and the Transatlantic 30
IR4554 Global Aesthetics and Politics 30
IR4555 Music, Politics and International Relations 30
IR4556 Politics and Time: Memory, Narrative and Mourning in Group Identity and Conflict 30
IR4558 Non-Western International Relations 30
IR4560 Faith, Politics, and War: The Augustinian Tradition in IR 30
IR4561 Security as Ethics: Rethinking the Global Polity 30
IR4562 The Political Lives of Objects 30
IR4563 Rebels, Terrorists, Militias: The Comparative Analysis of Armed Groups 30
IR4564 Strategic Studies 30
IR4565 Contemporary Political Theory: from revolution to recognition 30
IR4566 Comparative regionalism 30
IR4567 The International Criminal Court in World Politics 30
IR4568 International Relations of Energy and the Environment 30
IR4569 Geopolitics of Energy in the Caspian Region 30
IR4570 Everyday Life and Global Politics 30
IR4571 Conflict and intervention in world politics 30
IR4572 Economy of Anger: Marxism, Psychoanalysis and the Politics of Status 30
IR4573 Global Economic Governance: Visions and Realities 30
IR4574 Understanding Terrorism 30
IR4575 Queer IR, Queering Global Politics 30
IR4576 The Psychology of Motives in Foreign Policy Analysis 30
IR4600 Ideologies and Social Movements in the Middle East 30
IR4601 Political Order and Violence in the Middle East 30
IR4602 International Relations of the Middle East 30
IR4603 Central Asia in International Politics 30
IR4604 Political Islam and International Relations 30
IR4605 The Arab - Israeli Conflict 30
IR4606 Propaganda, Persuasion and Information War in the Middle East 30
IR4607 Britain and Iraq 1914-2004 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year


BA (International Honours) International Relations: Fourth Year
Code Module name Credits
IR4099 Honours Dissertation in International Relations 60 AND
View list At least 30 credits from William & Mary International Relations Level 4 Options List A
IR4401 Communication in International Relations 15
IR4501 International Politics of Nuclear Weapons 30
IR4502 Conflict Management, Settlement and Resolution 30
IR4504 The Language of Politics 30
IR4506 Political Economy of the Modern Middle East 30
IR4508 Religion and World Politics 30
IR4509 World Order in the History of Political Thought 30
IR4512 Britain and the World 30
IR4514 Global Public Policy 30
IR4516 The International Relations of Sub-Saharan Africa 30
IR4518 Ethics and the Use of Force 30
IR4519 Politics and Development in Southeast Asia 30
IR4521 Representations of International Relations 30
IR4522 Critical Approaches to International Security 30
IR4523 The Aftermath of the Wars: Liberal Dilemmas 30
IR4525 Ethno-National Conflict in the Post-Communist Space 30
IR4526 Terrorism, Radicalism and Extremism 30
IR4527 International Relations of the European Union 30
IR4528 Foreign Policy of Modern China 30
IR4529 Force in the Modern World 30
IR4530 Genocide 30
IR4531 The Return of Great Power Politics 30
IR4532 The Cultural Politics of Human Rights 30
IR4534 Terrorist Finance 30
IR4535 Theories of Friendship, Solidarity and Peace 30
IR4536 Warmongers and Peacemakers: Religious Actors and Conflict 30
IR4538 Identities, Belonging and Others 30
IR4539 International Law and International Legal Theory 30
IR4540 The Changing Character of War 30
IR4541 Dealing in Darkness: An Anatomy of Realism in International Relations 30
IR4542 Gender and Terrorism 30
IR4543 Activism and Resistance 30
IR4544 Wars and Peace in the Caucasus 30
IR4545 Indian Foreign Policy 30
IR4546 The Psychology of International Security 30
IR4547 Shadows in the Global Political Economy 30
IR4548 Force and Statecraft 30
IR4549 Theory, Critique and Ideology in International Relations 30
IR4550 Art and War 30
IR4551 Cosmopolitanism and Global Politics 30
IR4552 The Politics of the Environment 30
IR4553 Europe, America and the Transatlantic 30
IR4554 Global Aesthetics and Politics 30
IR4555 Music, Politics and International Relations 30
IR4556 Politics and Time: Memory, Narrative and Mourning in Group Identity and Conflict 30
IR4558 Non-Western International Relations 30
IR4560 Faith, Politics, and War: The Augustinian Tradition in IR 30
IR4561 Security as Ethics: Rethinking the Global Polity 30
IR4562 The Political Lives of Objects 30
IR4563 Rebels, Terrorists, Militias: The Comparative Analysis of Armed Groups 30
IR4564 Strategic Studies 30
IR4565 Contemporary Political Theory: from revolution to recognition 30
IR4566 Comparative regionalism 30
IR4567 The International Criminal Court in World Politics 30
IR4568 International Relations of Energy and the Environment 30
IR4569 Geopolitics of Energy in the Caspian Region 30
IR4570 Everyday Life and Global Politics 30
IR4571 Conflict and intervention in world politics 30
IR4572 Economy of Anger: Marxism, Psychoanalysis and the Politics of Status 30
IR4573 Global Economic Governance: Visions and Realities 30
IR4574 Understanding Terrorism 30
IR4575 Queer IR, Queering Global Politics 30
IR4576 The Psychology of Motives in Foreign Policy Analysis 30
IR4600 Ideologies and Social Movements in the Middle East 30
IR4601 Political Order and Violence in the Middle East 30
IR4602 International Relations of the Middle East 30
IR4603 Central Asia in International Politics 30
IR4604 Political Islam and International Relations 30
IR4605 The Arab - Israeli Conflict 30
IR4606 Propaganda, Persuasion and Information War in the Middle East 30
IR4607 Britain and Iraq 1914-2004 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year


Study abroad

In the case of students who spend part of the Honours programme on a recognised Study Abroad scheme, the Programme Requirements will be amended to take into account overseas courses which are approved by the relevant St Andrews School in the Learning Agreement (see www.st-andrews.ac.uk/students/study-abroad/academic ).